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Method and system for resolution conversion of magnetic ink character recognition (MICR) content

Inactive Publication Date: 2015-08-18
XEROX CORP
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Ensures accurate and reliable printing of MICR characters across all web speeds by converting the MICR image resolution to match the MICR print engine's requirements, enhancing magnetic readability and image quality.

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The problem, therefore, is to print an N-separation image, where one of the separations is the MICR separation, at all web speeds of the continuous feed printing system.

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[0019]The present disclosure proposes a print engine image path that accepts an N-separation image, where one of the separations is the Magnetic Ink Character Recognition (MICR) separation. This is the separation that contains the MICR characters to be printed by the print engine with the special MICR or aqueous ink print heads and needs to be marked at a different resolution. The print engine image path implements pattern matching hardware (or firmware or software) that detects the specific MICR characters at the RIP resolution, which is the same resolution as all of the other separations in the image.

[0020]When a given character is detected, the print engine image path substitutes a proper bitmap / bytemap for that MICR character from a look-up table associated with the print engine's current web speed. There is a unique lookup table of characters for each web speed where the MICR plane is Raster Image Processed (RIPed) to different resolutions for different web speeds. As will be c...

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A method and a system for resolution conversion of Magnetic Ink Character Recognition (MICR) content in an image are provided. The method is implemented in a computer system comprising one or more processors configured to execute one or more computer program modules. The method includes receiving image data of the image, the image data having a plurality of image planes in which one plane is a MICR image plane, wherein the plurality of image planes have essentially the same resolution; and converting the resolution of the MICR image plane to a resolution of a MICR print engine different from the remaining image planes.

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BACKGROUND[0001]1. Field[0002]The present disclosure relates to a system and a method for resolution conversion of Magnetic Ink Character Recognition (MICR) content in an image.[0003]2. Description of Related Art[0004]The architecture of continuous feed (CF) direct marking (DM) printing systems includes the use of multiple print heads (or marking stations) distributed into several color print head modules along the printing path. These multiple print heads are distributed over a long print zone to print the desired image. An exemplary continuous feed printing system may have as many as six color modules with four print units per color module incorporating fourteen print heads. Also, the continuous feed printing system prints on a band, a web or a roll of paper / media as compared to a sheet printing system which prints on discrete sheets of media.[0005]Magnetic Ink Character Recognition (MICR) technology is generally well-known. MICR inks contain a magnetic pigment or a magnetic compo...

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Patent Type & Authority Patents(United States)
IPC IPC(8): G06K9/00G06K9/18G06V30/224
CPCG06K9/186G06V30/2253
Inventor SMITH, MARK, A.
Owner XEROX CORP